Fault detection based on device component identifiers

A management controller for an electronic device, comprising:

• a management processor;
• and
• a non-transitory storage medium storing instructions executable on the management processor to:
• receive, from a control system, an instruction to reboot the electronic device;
• based on the instruction to reboot, cause the reboot of the electronic device, the reboot of the electronic device to trigger management operations according to a management protocol that cause assignment of endpoint identifiers to device components in the electronic device;
• obtain management data comprising the endpoint identifiers;
• receive resource metadata representing resources of the electronic device, the resource metadata indicating a quantity of device components in the electronic device according to a configuration of the electronic device;
• and
• provide, from the management controller to the control system over a management network, the management data and the resource metadata for a determination, based on the management data and the resource metadata, of any endpoint identifier mis-assignment in the electronic device.

A method comprising:

• retrieving, by a control system from a management controller of an electronic device, management data comprising device component identifiers of device components in the electronic device, wherein the device component identifiers are assigned to the device components in management operations according to a management protocol;
• retrieving, by the control system from the management controller, resource metadata representing resources of the electronic device, the resource metadata stored at the management controller and indicating a quantity of device components in the electronic device according to a configuration of the electronic device;
• comparing, by the control system, a quantity of the device component identifiers in the management data to the quantity of device components indicated by the resource metadata;
• based on the comparing, determining, by the control system, whether a loss of a device component identifier has occurred in the electronic device;
• and
• determining, by the control system based on the management data, whether duplicative device component identifier assignments are present in which multiple device components in the electronic device are assigned a same device component identifier.